Is old talk the new fat talk? Check out @mizfitonline 's take on the latest body-bashing trend.

Well, I think it’s a double-edged sword. If you never discussed what it is like to get old, when your daughter finally experiences it will she freak out? (seriously–NOBODY told me that chin hair was normal. I nearly checked myself into the ER when that stuff started to sprout; I went from zero-to-full-beard like WHAMMO!) I actually think it’s healthy to talk about aging and all the weird stuff that comes with it. That being said, I think it’s important to frame age-talk not in terms of its limitations (“I can’t climb that wall! I’m too old!), but in an almost scientific way (“Momma’s bones get stiff when she sits too long; can you give me a hand and help boost me up off this bean bag chair?”) It would be akin to talking about sex. Parents in the 50s didn’t want to talk about sex with their children because they feared their kids would want to jump in the sack at the first ...